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Using wearable devices in elderly patients allowed more frequently to diagnose asymptomatic episodes of atrial fibrillation

The present study demonstrates how deprescribing one medication in elderly patients on antihypertensive polytherapy does not hinder the maintenance of adequate blood pressure

The Acute Care for Elders (ACE) model is an innovative model of elderly care designed to prevent disability and loss of independence in daily living activities associated with hospitalization following an acute event.

This study showed that two factors might influence our self-perceptions of aging: “self-efficacy of possible selves” (the perception of being able to become the person you want to be in the future) and the personality trait of optimism. 

Older patients are at high risk of re-hospitalization in the first months following an acute coronary syndrome.

Procedures for identifying and assessing frailty should be incorporated into diabetes management protocols.

A large-scale longitudinal study shows that individuals with higher levels of positive emotions have a less steep memory decline over the course of almost a decade.